Born in Kagoshima in 1960, Yasuhiro Yamashita obtained his master’s degree at the Shibaura Institute of Technology in 1986. After working turn by turn at Yutaka Saito Architect & Associates, PANOM and then Shunji Kondo Architects, in 1991 he created his own agency, which was renamed the Atelier Tekuto in 1995. Yasuhiro Yamashita has to his name a large number of house projects, but each project, for him, is an opportunity to implement new processes and materials, forever looking for novel spatial compositions. By clearly declaring his determination to limit the risks associated with the industrial manufacturing processes used for housing, he has based his architectural approach on a tireless quest for craftsmanlike procedures.